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I showed these pictures to my uncle. He is somewhat of a vehicle expert. The vehicle in post #17 is what they called a "straddle Carrier". Here is a link to a photo he found online:

http://dawson-station.blogspot.com/2010/05/vehicles.html

From what I found online, they were the predecessor to the modern conex handlers used at shipyards. It would seem that several forklift manufacturers made a vehicle of this design, including Clark and Hyster.

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This next album belonged to another unknown. The pictures in it are from all over the state. He appears to have been attached to a medical unit.

First up, some jeep shots:

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I posted this one in another topic. this is the town of Nenana, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks:

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This is possibly Anchorage:

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These next three shots are from a man stationed on Attu in 1945. He was a really good photographer, and seemed to take mostly scenery shots. I had to crop these down and shrink them quite a bit to get them to fit. Hopefully the detail will show. The first two are of a Jeep with a hard top, and marked "chaplain" under the windshield. I'm not sure if it is the same jeep in the two pictures:

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This next album is from a man stationed on one of the Aleutian Islands with the Corps of Engineers. First up, a Bucyrus Erie shovel at work. Bucyrus started making mining equipment in 1880, and was still going strong until they were purchased by Caterpillar in 2011.

 

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Next up are a few shots from an album off of Adak Island. I suspect a few of these shots were from a base in the states, but I don't know. First off, a few random truck shots:

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An once again, I think I saved the best for last. I'm not 100 percent sure on this one as it seems to be extremely rare. I believe it is a GMC AFKX shop van. If anyone has any more info on it, I would be glad to hear it. I absolutely love this vehicle:

 

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That's it for tonight.

Levi

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Three shots from a GI stationed in South East Alaska, or possibly Anchorage. Seem to be fairly early from the 1917 helmets:

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